Final Costco Better Than Original Plan

November 17, 2002

What progress has been made? I refer to your editorial on Wednesday. I really shouldn't speak for County Commissioner Mary McCarty or homeowners' association head Barry Allen, whom I both admire and respect, who said they were ecstatic over the Costco store across from us.

I instead will take the liberty of interpreting their past statements -- and mine for that matter. I will give this explanation instead. The new Costco is far nicer than we expected, but that still doesn't mean they won't be a detriment to our neighborhood.

We are only a week into this new addition, and we have shopping carts on our property. The traffic is already unbearable. We at Boca Country Club are decent middle-class people who know when we are licked, so to speak. We are only trying to make the best of a bad situation.

Not a fact: assuming that Costco will be a good neighbor. A county tax credit is a fact.